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Искусственный интеллект останется ключевым стратегическим приоритетом «Яндекса» — компания намерена и дальше ускорять интеграцию ИИ в свои продукты и сервисы. Об этом сообщил Дмитрий Масюк, директор бизнес-группы поисковых сервисов и ИИ «Яндекса».

Кроме того, компания анонсировала масштабное обновление «Алисы AI», которое планируется в ближайшие недели. По итогам сентября «Алиса AI» вышла на первое место среди ИИ-сервисов в России по популярности: месячная аудитория приложения достигла 59 млн человек.

Users of Ledger hardware wallets have become targets of scammers disguising their attacks as device firmware updates. According to SlowMist, the attackers are exploiting a recent incident involving the mass theft of funds in their phishing schemes. The fake emails and websites are professionally designed, making the scams harder to spot. The scammers’ ultimate goal is to trick victims into entering their seed phrase, giving them full access to their wallets. Remember: no reputable crypto service will ever ask users for their seed phrase.

After news broke of Putin’s upcoming international phone call, the Moscow Exchange index gained 1%.

The dollar is below 82 rubles on forex.

EU sanctions on cryptocurrency transactions may become ineffective because of the sheer volume of transactions with Russian users.

As risks become diluted on a large scale, foreign platforms will be forced either to loosen controls or accept that activity will shift to P2P platforms, DEXs, and stablecoins.

The statement came amid new EU sanctions banning local companies from providing wallet, gateway, and API services to Russian legal entities and sanctioned entities. Meanwhile, the Nasdaq is already down 8% from its all-time high.

Revolut has suffered a major outage, the Telegraph reports. Users in several countries have reported problems.

Due to technical issues, the bank’s customers lost access to their funds and were unable to use their bank cards. Some users were also unable to log into the app or make transfers.

Update: The outage was caused by problems with Google Cloud, which also affected Lloyds, ING, HSBC and the Royal Bank of Scotland.

The Lesta Games group of companies was acquired by a consortium of private investors. The new owner plans to invest up to 10 billion rubles in the development of the gaming industry over the next three years and release at least five new projects. The consortium will also establish a venture fund that will work not only with game development teams, but also with those working on gaming services.

A company representative noted: “We see Lesta Games as a key element in the further consolidation of the market. Its accumulated expertise, financial resources, and technical capabilities will accelerate the implementation of many ideas and enable talented creators to bring them to life on a much larger scale.”

The Producer Price Index rose 6.3% year over year, while analysts had expected growth of just 5.5%. Month over month, the index jumped 1.3%, compared with expectations of 0.6%. The previous day, consumer inflation data also came in above forecasts.

This sends a clear signal to the market: inflation remains high, which means the Fed has less room to cut rates. For cryptocurrencies and other risk assets, this is more of a negative factor. Market pressure may persist in the short term, so be prepared to buy the dips.

The latest data merely confirms what I wrote in today’s review.

The Bank of Russia uncovered evidence of market manipulation by Vadim Solomakhin, CEO of the investment company Kinetic Capital. In the first quarter, he traded shares in Sberbank and Surgutneftegas, as well as federal loan bonds and other instruments.

The scheme worked as follows: Solomakhin bought or sold assets at market prices, then placed opposing orders in his personal account. Using his access to the company’s brokerage account, he executed those trades, pushing the price to a level that benefited him. As a result of more than 120 such transactions, the company incurred losses, while Solomakhin personally profited.

Following its investigation, the regulator ordered him to stop such violations, blocked transactions on his accounts, and referred the relevant materials to law enforcement authorities.

France is discussing the introduction of a 31.4% tax on cryptocurrency-to-stablecoin exchanges. The measure could take effect on January 1, 2027. Parliament is currently considering the relevant amendments, which would treat exchanging crypto for stablecoins as an asset sale that realizes a profit.

A week earlier, crypto platforms in Europe were given three months to stop supporting stablecoins, including USDT.

Oil prices fell amid reports of a possible deal on Iran. According to Channel 12, a proposal put forward by Pakistan’s army chief to Iranian officials has already been approved by the US and tentatively agreed to by Iran.

The agreement would involve a partial unfreezing of Iranian funds: interest on the $6 billion held in Qatari banks is expected to be transferred to Iran.

VTB said that Russians most often set up fraud protection for their elderly parents—these cases account for half of all activations of the “Second Hand” service. Women usually set up the service for their children, while men do so for their parents and wives.

The service allows a trusted person to approve or block suspicious transfers. However, they do not have access to the account itself or the right to manage the funds independently.

The Bank of Russia’s gold reserves fell to their lowest level since November 2019, standing at 72.8 million ounces as of October 1.

According to data from the regulator, the value of its gold reserves fell from $333.5 billion to $301.6 billion in September, while their volume has declined by 2.7% since the beginning of the year.

The Central Bank began reducing its reserves last year, when the Finance Ministry sold gold and foreign currency from the National Wealth Fund to cover the budget deficit.

Volkswagen plans to freeze employee salaries until 2030, which, taking inflation into account, could lead to an effective reduction in workers’ incomes of around 10%.

The move is driven by the need to cut costs amid U.S. tariffs, falling sales in the Chinese market, and difficulties at subsidiaries Audi and Porsche. Back in 2024, 130,000 company employees had already agreed to temporarily forgo pay raises. The possibility of cutting tens of thousands of jobs is now being discussed, along with closing four plants in Germany—in Emden, Hanover, Zwickau, and Neckarsulm.

Volkswagen’s works council said management was trying to impose a multi-year decline in employees’ real incomes. In response, the IG Metall union is demanding a 5% pay raise. Strikes cannot be ruled out in November in Germany’s metalworking industry and at Volkswagen plants.

The total value of real-world assets worldwide is estimated at $742 trillion, but only 0.005% of that amount has been moved onto the blockchain.

By category, the figures look like this: the real estate market is worth $393 trillion, of which only $1.3 billion has been tokenized. Bonds are valued at $161 trillion, with $13.8 billion in tokenized form. Equities are worth $158 trillion, with $3.9 billion tokenized. Gold is worth $29 trillion, of which $8.1 billion has been converted into tokens. Private credit totals $2 trillion, with $6.4 billion already tokenized.

As you can see, the tokenization of real-world assets is still in its very early stages.

Sber’s ecosystem generates 13 billion personalized recommendations every month, reaching more than 110 million users. At the AI Driver & RecSys conference, it was reported that these algorithms drive one in every three sales within the ecosystem. The system takes customers’ preferences, current context and long-term goals into account to create relevant service offers. This approach to personalization helps people spend less time searching for the right solution, while the final decision always remains theirs.

According to a survey of analysts, nearly half of Russians opened a digital ruble account out of simple curiosity. 42% of users decided to try out this new form of money, another 36% were attracted by the option to open a wallet directly in their banking app, and 33% were interested in free transfers. Meanwhile, 35% did not use digital rubles after opening an account.